[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

ventriloquism \ventril"oquism\, n. see ventriloquous.
   the act, art, or practice of speaking in such a manner that
   the voice appears to come, not from the person speaking, but
   from some other source, as from a dummy held by the
   ventriloquist, from the opposite side of the room, from the
   cellar, etc.
   1913 webster
see also:
ventriloquous 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

ventriloquism
     n : the art of projecting your voice so that it seems to come
         from another source as from a ventriloquist's dummy
         syn: ventriloquy
see also:
ventriloquy 

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